• DocumentCode
    1401247
  • Title

    Waveguide polarizer based on resonant tunneling

  • Author

    Thyagarajan, K. ; Seshadri, Supriya Diggavi ; Ghatak, A.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    315
  • Lastpage
    317
  • Abstract
    A novel and highly efficient waveguide polarizer which is based on the phenomenon of resonant tunneling is proposed. Designs for both transverse-electric (TE) and transverse-magnetic (TM) pass polarizers based on this principle are suggested, and it is shown that with such a device it is possible to achieve TM mode loss greater than 80 dB/mm and TE mode loss less than 0.5 dB/mm for the TE pass polarizer, and TE mode loss of 24 dB/mm with a TM mode loss less than 0.8 dB/mm for the TM pass polarizer
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical polarisers; optical waveguides; resonant tunnelling devices; 0.5 dB; 0.8 dB; 24 dB; 80 dB; TE mode loss; TE pass polarisers; TM mode loss; TM pass polarisers; resonant tunneling; waveguide polarizer; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Resonant tunneling devices; Tellurium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/50.70005
  • Filename
    70005